Then I tried some modern English tales, but she said they were silly.

I knew not what to do.

But there was Shakespeare.

I read Antony and Cleopatra, and she said that the play was grand, but the people were foolish except when they died--their deaths were magnificent.

Madame is a great critic; she is very clever." "Yes, yes, I know that; but when did she fall asleep ?" "About four o'clock in the morning.